A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



I'l-.tit'it'i 



26 July 1760 

 10 May 1779 

 29 Apr. 1826 

 June 1 X^l 



1886 . 



Name 



r.itr, 



Edward Smalley, M.A.' .... Richard Clayton 

 Richard Perryn, M.A.- .... 

 William Green Orrett, M.A.' . . 

 William Harper Brandreth, M.A.' . 

 Joseph Pilkington Brandreth, M.A.'' 

 Charles William Newton Hutton, 

 M.A.« 



C.11HC of Vjcaacy 



. . d. T. PilRrim 

 Sir Rich. Perryn . . . d. F. Smalley 

 W. G. Orrett . . . . d. R. Perrvn 

 Jiicph Pilkington Pr.indrcth d. W. G. Orrett 

 Trust. Canon Br.mdreth d. W. H. Brandreth 

 „ rcj. J. P. Brandreth 



The earlier rector; were chiefly of local families. 

 It may be noted that several of the earlic t whose 

 names are known had sons. The foundation of a 

 chantry by Henry le Waleys in 1328 seems to have 

 been intended to provide an additional priest to 

 assist in the parish, the endowment being in one case 

 called the ' vicarage.' The two later chantries at the 

 parish church and the chapel at Coppull represent 

 increases of the clerical staff in the parish ; the rector, 

 when non-resident, would provide a curate.^ The 

 list of ' ornaments ' in 1552 shjws that the church 

 had been well furnished.'* The visitation list of 

 I 548 records seven names at StanJish, but one of the 

 staff lived at Bolton.' The conficitlon of the chantry 

 endowments at once made a great difference ; the list 

 of 1554 givc^ only five names, of whom the rector 

 and another were non-resident '" ; in 1 562 only the 

 conforming recti ir and his curate were named." 



This appears to h.ive been the normal staff — hut 

 not ahva\5 maintained'- — until recent times, when a 

 number of new churches have been built and the 

 parish subdivided. The replies to the archdeacon's 

 questions in 1739'' declare that the church and 

 churchyard were properly kept and in good order. 

 The rector, who had no other benefice and was ' a 



man of an unblameablc and exemplary life,' was con- 

 stantly resident, and preached every Lord's Day ; his 

 curate had a stipend of £.\.o. Prayers were rc.id in 

 the church twice every Sunday, the Litany was said 

 on ^^'ednesdays and Fridays, the Lord's Supper was 

 celebrated eighteen times a year, the youth were 

 instructed in the Church Catechism on the Sundays 

 in Lent, and methods were used to ' reclaim popish 

 recusants.' There seems to have been also a separate 

 curate for Coppull, where there were ' pravcrs and 

 sermon ' every Sunday. Nolody but the Quakers 

 refused to pay Easter offerings or the Church rates. 

 There were places in the parish where it was supposed 

 that ' Papists ' resorted to hear Mass ; there was also 

 a meeting of Quakers. 



There was in 1360 a chapel at Standish endowed 

 with lands in Anderton, but nothing further is known 

 of it.'* Of the three chantries the first, as already 

 ^t.itcd, was founded in i ^28 by the rector, Henry le 

 W.ilc;. 5, at the altar of the Blessed \irgin Mary in 

 the church," the endowment being messuages and 

 l.inds in Standish and Langtree. The nomination of 

 the priest was granted to Richard le Waleys and his 

 heirs and in case of default to the lord of Standish or 

 to the Prior of Burscough.'" At the Suppression the 



* He wai educated at Trin. Coll., 

 Camb. ; M.A. l~32 ; and was afterwards 

 incorporated at Oxford. He was rector 

 ci Aldingham for a few months, having 

 previously served as curate of Standish. 

 He married a sister of the patron. 



« Educated at Christ Church, Oif. ■, 

 M.A. 1779. He was the eldest son nf 

 the patron. He kfpt a note boolc, some 

 interesting extracts ir^ m which have been 

 printed. He died at Tr.ifford Hall, near 

 Chc-tcr, 31 Oct. 1825 ; his wife was the 

 daughter ci Genrge Edward Gerrard of 

 Trafford. See Tranj. hut, Soc, (new ser.), 

 xxi, 1 78. 



* Son of William Orrett of Warrington ; 

 educated at Brascnose Coll., Oxf. ; M.A. 

 1815; Foster, vL'umr.:. In 1834 the 

 benefice \\a5 sequestered for debt. 



'Educated at Christ CIi .'ch, Oxf.; 

 M..-\. 18^9, Honorary Canon of Man- 

 chester 18^;. He had been incumbent of 

 Thornes, Wakefield, from l8;S to 1S4.1. 



'Of Christ Church, Oxf. ; M.A. iSSi. 

 He had been vicar of Shocklach fr^m 

 1SS2 to 1SS3 and rector of Tilston 18S3 

 to 18S5. 



^ Of St. John's Co:l., Camb.; M.A. 

 1SS6. 



'' The Clergy List of 1541-2 (p. i") 

 shows that, apart from the endowcT staff, 

 there were two resident priests — the 

 curate and a stipendiary of the widow of 

 Ra'ph Standish, who just at that time 

 obtained a chantry. 



" Ciu-ci Goods (Chct. Soc), 128. 

 Three altars and a * picture * of St. Wil- 

 frid are mentioned. A Caxton Mis^a: 

 now at Lyme Hall in Cheshire is believed 

 to have " r^onged to Standish Church ; see 

 P^/l Mau Mag., Afr. iJy;. 



^ These details are from the bishop's 

 visitation lists preserved at Chester. 



^'^ The three residents were the curate, 

 one of the old cantari!t% and another 

 priest who had also appeared in l ^48. 



1^ Coppull chapel had probably fallen 

 out of use. 



** In 1622 in addition to the rector 

 there was a * lecturer ' at Standish ; Alitc. 

 (Rcc. Soc. Lanes, and Ches, ), i, 67. In 

 1650, h iv.cvcr, no minister is named 

 except the rector ; nor in the visitation 

 list of 1691 is a curate's name recorded, 



*^ From Chester Consii:ory Court 

 records. There was a ^tonc font wiih a 

 C'\cr. The decent communion table in 

 the chancel was in time of divine service 

 covered with a carpet, ani, when the 

 Lord's Supper was admini-tcrcd, with a 

 lair white linen cloth. The books wef, 

 Bibk, Pnyer Kook, Homilies anH 

 CTnons. There were * two flngons and 

 three communion cups kept for that use 

 and not employed for any other.' 



^* Dep. K'ffer'i Utt . xxxii, App. 340. 

 The endowment hii , been given by 

 Thomas de Burnhull. 



1^ This altar was at the extreme end of 

 the north aisle, and * our Lady's chancel' 

 there was anerwarc: the * kneeling place ' 

 of the Rigbys of B .rgh ; Wilson, Veriet 

 and \c'fjj 72. 



^^ John Dicconson of Coppull in 1557 

 desired to be buried in * our Lady's chan- 

 cel ' ; Church Goodtf 129. 



The foundation deeds are printed in 

 L^cal Clear, Lanes, and Ches, ii, 1S5-7. 

 Licence to alienate the lands in mortmain 

 was gi.en by Edward III in 1328, after 

 an inquiry at which it was found that 

 the lands to be assigned were held of 



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Thomas de Langtree by the service of 

 three grains of pepper to Margaret Ban- 

 astre, who held of the F.arl of Lancaster, 

 and that Henry le Waleys had lands in 

 Aughton ; Inq. p.m. (a.q.d.), 2 Edw. HI 

 (2nd nos.), no. IJ2 ; Cal, Pat, 1327-30, 

 p. 230. 



A fine was levied in 1330, securing 

 the lands to Simon son of Thomas le 

 Waleys, who thus became the first chap- 

 lain ; see ibid. ; Final Cone, ii, 76. In 

 1332 the founder gave the chaplain stock 

 for the lands — six oxen and four cows, 

 worth looj. in all — and the beneficiary 

 was bound to render the same or their 

 value to his successors in ' the vicarage ' ; 

 Standish deeds (Mrs. Tempest), no. 45. 

 Simon le Waleys is perhaps the priest of 

 that name who became vicar of Huyton 

 in 1 349. The formal deed founding the 

 chantry is dated 1338. 



The Standish family acquired (perhaps 

 by lapse) the patronage, and an agreement 

 in 1368 between Adam de Keckwich, 

 chaplain, and Henry de Standish, patron 

 of the church, may refer to this chantry ; 

 Standish deeds (Mrs. Tempest's abstract), 

 no. 89. In 1394 Henry de Standish pre- 

 sented Thomas del Lee to the chanlrv, 

 guaranteeing an annuity of 3 marks ; ibi (. 

 no. III. Ten years later Ralph de Stan- 

 dish gave the chantry to Thomas Thorpe, 

 clerk ; ibid. {Local Glean,), no. 89. 

 In 1477 there was a dispute between 

 Alcxinder Standish and Lawrence Lang- 

 tree as to chantry lands called 'Chapon 

 toft' on Standish moor j ibid. (Mr.. 

 Tempest's ibstract,, no. 163. In 1491 

 Ncho'as Bibby, then chaplain, received 

 Irom Sir Alexander Standish and others 

 lands in Welch Whittle, apparer.tly an 



